Book: Rethinking the messianic idea in Judaism
2014
Abstract: Over the centuries, the messianic tradition has provided the language through which modern Jewish philosophers, socialists, and Zionists envisioned a utopian future. Michael L. Morgan, Steven Weitzman, and an international group of leading scholars ask ... ...
Author's details | ed. by Michael L. Morgan and Steven Weitzman |
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Abstract | "Over the centuries, the messianic tradition has provided the language through which modern Jewish philosophers, socialists, and Zionists envisioned a utopian future. Michael L. Morgan, Steven Weitzman, and an international group of leading scholars ask new questions and provide new ways of thinking about this enduring Jewish idea. Using the writings of Gershom Scholem, which ranged over the history of messianic belief and its conflicted role in the Jewish imagination, these essays put aside the boundaries that divide history from philosophy and religion to offer new perspectives on the role and relevance of messianism today"-- |
Keywords | Messianic era (Judaism) |
Language | English |
Size | 442 S. |
Publisher | Indiana Univ. Press |
Publishing place | Bloomington, Ind |
Document type | Book |
Note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN | 9780253014696 ; 9780253014740 ; 9780253014771 ; 0253014697 ; 0253014743 ; 0253014778 |
Database | Former special subject collection: coastal and deep sea fishing |
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